Could I charge my itaste MVP with this? Has anyone tried? That would be my main use during hurricane season.
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It looks like the MVP has a 2600 mah battery. As long as you have a USB charge cable with it, it should charge it to about 95% before depleting assuming the sunflower was at full charge.
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I actually use mine with a voltaic solar charger while biking. I find it charges faster than the computer and is free when it is very sunny. However, it could also depend upon the batteries. The batteries that came with it didn't last long, so now use the rechargeable energizers. The heat from the sun may have sped up the degradation of the original batteries, too. Love the recharger and gave a couple as gifts.
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nope. you need to recharge it again. depending on how humid your environment is, you may have to charge it once a week. I did not care for this product, and moved on to something else.
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You can charge it with any USB charger. And the price of Vado just dropped to $59.99!
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Tyler, I tried to use this charger on a Helio battery. It would not charge it. I sent it back and got a refund. I'd be cautious about using this item!!!!!
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I have used it quite often. Actually I have two. Use them to charge iPad. I keep score for softball team at weekend tournaments and since we are outside all day they help me stay powered up once I have no access to a plug.
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You can charge that if you can get it to work. I was not able to charge a single battery with mine. It keeps shutting off like it is overloading or something. Total junk. Buy something better. You get wht you pay for.
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Yes, definitely. It also is great for charging cellphones/tablets during an extended outage.
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It's not a charger per se - it is simply a passive adaptor. You could use it as a charger if you connect it to a source.
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I honestly wouldn't trust it to charge anything. It fell apart when I tried to use it on a cell phone during the electric outage this past winter.
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I charge it off the USB port on my computer. If you have an adapter for your computer, you should be fine.
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i havent used it yet.i bought it at the end of the season.if i remember its only power source is external/boat battery.i only took it out of the box to make shure it would power up and work.
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It will no longer provide power when it gets too low, it takes forever to charge with the solar so I just plugged it in to fully charge it and keep it for emergencies. It would be good to charge a couple of cell phones and maybe a laptop but you're not going to run your house on it! It is supposed to be fully charged every 3 months or it loses the charge. I think of it as a good thing to have for a weather event if the power were off for a few days it would be helpful to have around.
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It might help... I found that the regular charger performed poorly so I used a trickle charger thru the gator clamps and charged it that way.If I had know what I know now, I wouldn't have bought it. Poor design, short life of battery.
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No, With any rechargeable you can't. It's not a dust Buster charger of sort! It stays charged a long time. I grabbed it after a couple of months, Still well charged. But I would advice to use & grain it once in a while, & recharge!
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It charges itself by a mini USB and charges other devices the same way. You might be able to find an adaptor if you need something else. I have not been impressed by its capacity.
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Yes, just plug into the USB port and select power out. Turn the crank to charge. As long as you have a USB cable that fits your portable device, it will charge it.